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How standard are USB footprints
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TheUnnamedNewbie:
I have a bunch of USB devices at home that require frequent plugging in and out and moving around. As a result, in a number of locations I have a bunch of different USB cables at all times, to match each of the connectors. It would be interesting if I could change all of these devices to one single connector (preferably USB-C as the phone and laptops are by far the hardest to change).

So how standard are these footprints. Can I just get USB-C connectors with only the USB2 pins enabled?
Richard Crowley:
What about one of those magnetic schemes?

https://www.amazon.com/Kript-Generation-Magnetic-Micro-USB-Interface/dp/B076PZK3T3

fchk:

--- Quote from: TheUnnamedNewbie on January 04, 2019, 12:08:37 pm ---So how standard are these footprints. Can I just get USB-C connectors with only the USB2 pins enabled?

--- End quote ---

Just replacing a Type B Micro socket by an USB C socket won't work - neither as host or device. You will need extra circuitry for making an old USB2 device USB-C compliant.

There is a lot of documentation to read. For a quick start:
http://www.ti.com/lit/wp/slly017/slly017.pdf
https://training.ti.com/tikit-reference-design-how-convert-usb-usb-c

USB Power delivery is a quite complex topic on its own with many 1000 pages of specification.

fchk
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